User blog comment:Anobi/Post 1: DmC: Devil may Cry/@comment-1164563-20110929184211/@comment-775152-20110930035437

Regarding the changes DMC has made over the years, I don't hold much of them against it. Remember, Devil May Cry was never supposed to be the start of a franchise; heck, it wasn't even supposed to be it's own game, it was SUPPOSED to be Resident Evil 5. Of course the mood and style of the world would change. They started pretty serious and gothic, and when they got more serious for 2, fans disliked it, so they swung the other way and camped on to Dante's flippant attitude and over-the-top style for 3. That was a hit, so they stuck with it. As an aspiring author, I can totally relate to the process of discovering just who your characters really are.

Mary Sue may not be the best trope to describe it, but I understand what you were going for. He's like Superman, now with more Super and less Man. There's a trope for the Hero Who Can Do Anything, but I forget what it is. The Omnipotent, maybe?

If the music from the trailers are anything to go by, I'm on the fence about the change. I liked the metal/grunge music of the previous games, (even if EVERY OTHER REVIEW I KNOW HATES THEM!) It fit the atmosphere and the character pretty well, I thought. The new stuff seems more like... well, Canadian alternative rock. Not saying that's bad. It's probably what an angsty 20k-era teen would listen to, after all. It's just, well, Dante has so much more class than that, you think?